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Squeeze, David Crosby, Bela Fleck + Abigail Washburn, Shark   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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CHEAP TRICK covers AC/DC's  "Highway to Hell" to honr Malcolm Young.  Brian Johnson shared his tribute in words.

SQUEEZE played a stripped-down Stereogum Session.

DAVID CROSBY stopped by World Cafe.

BELA FLECK & ABIGAIL WASHBURN also stopped by World Cafe.

NEIL YOUNG: A Thanksgiving-y mix.

CURTIS HARDING shares "On and On" as a free download.

 

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN: Of the many bands carrying the torch of the Velvet Underground, you could do worse than these Brits, with "Just Like Honey" and "Never Understand" capturing a bit of the VU's musical range for Twofer Tuesday, not to mention some Phil Spector and Brian Wilson.

CHARLES MANSON's life as a failed musician, Beach Boys hanger-on and mediocre songwriter.  Pop culture has been fascinated with Manson; are we done yet?

DESTROYER's Dan Bejar talks to the Creative Independent about the relative formlessness of his own creative practice and addresses the ways in which aging has and hasn’t influenced his process as a musician.

BANANARAMA: How they made "Robert De Niro's Waiting."

GENE SIMMONS has been banned for life from Fox News after claims that he insulted and taunted staff members.

 

CHARLIE ROSE has been accused by eight women of unwanted sexual advances toward them, including lewd phone calls, walking around naked in their presence, or groping their breasts, buttocks or genital areas.

MELISSA GILBERT claims OLIVER STONE sexually harassed her during an audition for his 1991 film The Doors.

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX has reached a 90MM settlement of shareholder claims arising from the sexual harassment scandal at its Fox News Channel.

NATALIE PORTMAN says she has suffered "discrimination or harassment on almost everything I've ever worked on".

HARRISON FORD aided a woman who drove off the road.

QUENTIN TARANTINO's next film is set against the backdrop of the Tate-LaBianca murders.  Looks like Sony has snapped up QT post-Weinstein... if they meet his terms.

MR. PLOW at 25: How the Simpsons Classic Pushed New Boundaries and Helped Cement the Show's Legacy.

WRINKLE IN TIME has a new trailer online.

DELLA REESE, who segued from pop and jazz singing stardom in the ‘50s and ‘60s to a long career as a popular TV actress on Touched by an Angel and other shows, died Sunday night at her home in California. She was 86.

 

A 6-FT CROC took an ocean dip, then sunbathed near Margaritaville.

THE REMAINS OF A GIGANTIC, EXTINCT SEA COW were found buried under a Siberian beach.

A MOUNTAIN LION was spotted in Berkeley for the third time.  Presumably protesting animal testing?

A GIGANTIC SNAKE, hanging out in a washing machine.

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Malcolm Young RIP, Benjamin Booker, Lukas Nelson, Dude York, Wild Turkeys   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, November 20, 2017 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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MALCOLM YOUNG, AC/DC guitarist and co-founder, died on Saturday after a period of ill health in Sydney at the age of 64.  For Those About To Rock, We Salute Him.  Here's the 10 best AC/DC songs, as voted by RS readers in 2014.  And here's a video about Malcolm and his brother Angus forming the band.

BENJAMIN BOOKER played a Tiny Desk Concert.

LUKAS NELSON stopped by Radio Heartland for a chat and mini-set.

DUDE YORK streams Halftime For The Holidays.

THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS cover "Six Days on the Road."

SCOTT McCAUGHEY,  frontman for cult-favorite Pacific Northwest acts the Minus 5 and Young Fresh Fellows and longtime touring member of R.E.M., has suffered a stroke.

MORRISSEY came out in defense of Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein, worrying that they’re being caught up in a sort-of witch hunt.

DAVID CASSIDY remains in a Florida hospital where he is dealing with multiple organ failure.

ANGEL OLSEN talked to Under The Radar about Phases.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Justice League topped the chart with 96MM... but projections had been between 120-140MM.  That's not quite disastrous with another 185MM in foreign sales, but against a 300MM production budget, it's not great, Bob. Wonder placed with 27MM against a reported 20MM budget.  Thor: Ragnarok showed with 21.8MM on a 62 percent drop that had to be expected with Justice League's debut. Marvel's already well into the black here.  Daddy's Home 2 took the fourth slot with 14.8MM on a 50 percent drop that probably means it doesn't match the original's final gross.  Murder on the Orient Express rounded out the Top Five with 13.8MM on a 52 percent slide that may concern the studio (tho with 148MM total worldwide against a 55MM budget, they could be in breakeven territory already).

RUSSELL SIMMONS is accused of sexually assaulting model Keri Claussen Khalighi while Brett Ratner watched.

LENA DUNHAM defended a Girls writer accused of sexual assault, then issued a statement of apology for doing so, then deleted that statement.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN drew up a list of 91 people for his team upon learning his sexual misconduct was under journalistic investigation.

THE LAPD is reportedly investigating nearly two dozen sex-crime cases connected to the entertainment industry.

JEFFREY TAMBOR has decided not to return to Transparent in the wake of sex harassment allegations.

RYAN SEACREST denied allegations of inappropriate behavior toward a stylist at E!

MATTHEW WEINER, creator of Mad Men, was dubbed an "emotional terrorist" by a former consultant to the show.

INCREDIBLES 2 has a teaser trailer online.

CHARLES MANSON: Finally, Death Gets One Right.

WILD TURKEYS: Because turkeys.

TURKEYS arrived in Washington for the White House pardoning ceremony.

HOME FOR THE PAWLIDAYS will give shelter dogs a temporary home for Thanksgiving.

WHEN AN EEL gets stuck up your backside, the doctors already know how it got there. Everyone knows.

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Paisley Underground, Elbow, Iron & Wine. Ride, Buck   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, November 17, 2017 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE PAISLEY UNDERGROUND!  A two-part (Part 1, Part 2) feature from the Old Grey Whistle Test on L.A.'s psychedelic-flavored, West Coast scene in the mid-80s. Bands featured include the Long Ryders, Prime Movers, Thin White Rope, Pontiac Brothers and the Rain Parade with a 6 minute live version of No Easy Way Down. The Long Ryders get short shrift so I'll add in their later OGWT appearance to play "Looking For Lewis & Clark." The term "Paisley Underground" is believed to have been jokingly coined by Michael Quercio of the band The Three O'Clock, so I'll toss in the clip for "Her Head's Revolving" as a bonus. Other bands associated with the scene not featured include Green On Red -- sometimes likened to The Doors for songs like "Two Lovers" and "Change" -- and The Bangs, a/k/a The Bangles, with an early track, "The Real World."  DOUBLE BONUS: The Guardian Music Blog has a link-rich piece on the Rain Parade and other Paisley Underground bands.

ELBOW stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

IRON & WINE stopped by WFUV for a session.

RIDE performed in the BBC's 6 Music Live Room.

JIMMY RUFFIN asks "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?"

STEVE WINWOOD talked to World Cafe about his career and new live LP.

THE STORY OF GOTH in 33 Songs.

PROTOMARTYR was profiled by Drowned in Sound.

DAVID BAZAN talks to City Paper about all of this, plus Tom Petty, the state of evangelical Christianity, and exercising his songwriting muscles.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Justice League, which is currently scoring 36 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Wonder, scoring 83 percent; and The Star, scoring 72 percent.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: I once saw a movie about Earth's mightiest heroes teaming up to beat back an alien invasion called The Avengers. DC's team-up epic has largely the same plot, which is fine as long as the execution is good.  And the execution here is ... adequate.  The alien menace has none of the charisma of Loki, for example.  Justice League is a bit better than the theatrical release of Batman v Superman, worse than Wonder Woman; though Gal Gadot's presence here helps considerably, her little solo sequence serves as a reminder that she's the best thing in this movie and that the script should have leaned more on the idea of this as her modern-day coming out.  That said, Ezra Miller does fine providing comic relief as the Flash and Jason Momoa raises a little bit of promise for Aquaman (if not as much promise as Gadot did in BvS).  Jeremy Irons gets the best line, as Alfred: "I'll bet."  The score has a little fun subtly reprising some of the past DC movie character themes from Danny Elfman and John Williams.  And DC picks up the Marvel habit of the post-credits sequence; there are two, the second pointing to The Batman.

GAL GADOT is profiled by GQ.

SYLVESTER STALLONE is vehemently denying an allegation he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl.

BRADGELINA: Pitt is also fixated on cementing his custody arrangement with Jolie.

JUSTIN BIEBER & SELENA GOMEZ were caught canoodling on camera again.

THE POPE blessed a Lamborghini. then put it up for auction.

A RANDY BUCK molests two deer lawn ornments in Wisconsin.

GUPPIES have personalities, say researchers.

YOUR HOUSE is a gigantic bug habitat, and there's nothing you can do about it.

A BABY TAPIR debuts in Cork.

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Thingsday!   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, November 16, 2017 - 08:00 AM
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DUSTY SPRINGFIELD covers "People Get Ready."

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD's new album should be free to download today.

JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

NOW, NOW played a Tiny Desk Concert.

LOS COLOGNES stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini--set.

THE NATIONAL shared a cover of Cat Power's "Maybe Not."

CURTIS ROUSH shares a shoegaze-infused ’70s rocker “Real Love.”

 

THE SMITHS get a two-hour Political Beats with guest Michael Moynihan, correspondent for HBO's Vice News Tonight.

R.E.M.: Mike Mills talks to NME about Automatic For The People, politics and the chances of the band ever getting back together.

STEELY DAN: Walter Becker's widow reveals the he was battling cancer at time of his death.

NEIL YOUNG's massive online archive is arriving on December 1.

THE GO-GOS' Head Over Heels, a new musical, is aiming for a Broadway debut during the 2018–2019 season.

 

JUSTICE LEAGUE's Rotten Tomatoes score leaked through its app (tho it may not be the final score).  The early reviews are...mixed.

EVERY BATMAN MOVIE, ranked by Vulture.

GAL GADOT confirms Brett Ratner is not producing Wonder Woman 2.

NATASHA HENSTRIDGE says Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed her before Brett Ratner did.

DEADPOOL 2 footage turns up in a strange Bob Ross parody.

MARK HAMILL turned up at Disneyland's Star Tours attraction.

GET OUT will be competing in the Golden Globes as a comedy instead of a drama.  Director Jordan Peele called it a documentary.

MIRANDA KERR is expecting her second child and first with husband Evan Spiegel.

SERENA WILLIAMS and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are headed to the altar this week.

J.R.R. TOLKIEN's son resigns as director of Tolkien Estate, ending decades of tightly controlled adaptations.

 

CATS busted after a marijuana binge

HOW (VERY GOOD) DOGS teach us how to stop worrying and just be happy.

MILLIONS OF CRABS, migrating from a forest to the ocean.

A PEACOCK  ON THE LAM became a lion's lunch.

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Still under the weather. But Things!   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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CHEAP TRICK: "I Can't Take It." An overlooked gem.

FITS streams twelve songs worth of poignant power-pop in just over 20 minutes on All Belief Is Paradise.

ANGEL OLSEN stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

WILLIAM PATRICK CORGAN stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

SCREAMING FEMALES shares "Deeply."

SAINTSENECA shared two versions of "Moon Barks At The Dog."

 

ELTON JOHN played his 1983 hit “I’m Still Standing" on Colbert.

RADIOHEAD guitarist Ed O'Brien opens up to Esquire about his new signature Fender Stratocaster, his solo album, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

NICK HEYWARD (Haircut 100) talks to Stereogum about his first album in 18 years and struggling to get signed when you’ve already made hits.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED asks: What makes a great album last?

JONI MITCHELL seems firmly opposed to raiding her own vaults.

 

ROSEMcGOWAN was arrested on a warrant for a drug charge at Dulles airport.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN is being sued for sexual assault by a Jane Doe plaintiff.

GOSSIP GIRL's Ed Westwick draws a third sexual assault allegation.

ONE TREE HILL's female cast reunited to write a letter accusing former showrunner Mark Schwahn of "traumatizing" sexual harassment on the set of the popular TV drama.

JUSTICE LEAGUE's Rotten Tomatoes score is being delayed for reasons that seem...unheroic.

BLAKE SHELTON is People's Sexiest Man Alive.

JORDIN SPARKS is married and with child.

 

NO DUCKLING LEFT BEHIND after a family was rescued from a drain.

A MONSTER GATOR was evicted from a Florida garage.

CANADA GEESE: How much can one poop daily?

MONGOOSE vs COBRA, during a golf tournament.

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